Details

The screenshot above shows the editing view of a 'Archived Article' Module. For Specific Module Type Help screen, links with descriptions are listed below.

Menu assignment

This section contains all the menu items configured in your Joomla! website. To apply the current style to a menu item's corresponding web page, check the box next to the menu item. You can press the Toggle Selection button to invert the menu item selections.

Note: If a checkbox is grayed out and cannot be checked then it could be because the menu item is in use by another user. You can see if this is the case by going to the menu manager screen for the menu concerned. If there is a padlock symbol next to the menu item then it is currently in use by another user.

Advanced Options

Toolbar

Edit Module

For existing Modules, edit functions: At the top right you will see the toolbar:

The functions are:

Save. Saves the module and stays in the current screen.

Save & Close. Saves the module and closes the current screen.

Save & New. Saves the module and keeps the editing screen open and ready to create another module.

Save as Copy. Saves your changes to a copy of the current module. Does not affect the current module. This toolbar icon is not shown if you are creating a new module.

Cancel/Close. Closes the current screen and returns to the previous screen without saving any modifications you may have made.

Help. Opens this help screen.

New Module

For creating a New Module, new functions: At the top right you will see the toolbar:

The functions are:

Save. Saves the module and stays in the current screen.

Save & Close. Saves the module and closes the current screen.

Save & New. Saves the module and keeps the editing screen open and ready to create another module.

Cancel/Close. Closes the current screen and returns to the previous screen without saving any modifications you may have made.

This Module shows a list of Articles that are related to the current Article being viewed by the user (for example, a Article Layout or a Blog or List layout where the user has clicked on an Article link). Articles are considered to be related to each other if they share at least one Keyword in the Article's Metadata Information. Article Keywords are entered in the Metadata Information section of the Article Manager - New/Edit screen.

This allows you to create a Module that contains any valid HTML code. There are many cases where you might want to put free-form HTML inside a web page. For example, you might want to create an HTML Image Map or you might want to copy HTML code from PayPal, Amazon, or some other site.

The Custom HTML Module allows you to create a self-contained HTML unit and then put it in any valid location on a page.

This Module shows an RSS News Feed from a website. This Module is not related to the News Feeds Component or the News Feeds Layouts in the Newsfeed Manager screen but is an alternative that allows a feed to display in a Module position.

This module allows you to switch between available Content languages. Selecting a language will take you to the home page for that language. The plugin 'System - Language Filter' has to be enabled for this to work. Please see this tutorial on how to configure your site to work in a multilingual mode.

This Module displays a username and password Login form. It also displays a link to retrieve a forgotten password. If User registration is enabled in the User Settings of the Global Configuration screen, then the link "Create an Account" will be shown to invite Users to self-register.

This Module allows you to place your Menus on the page. Every Joomla! website has at least one Menu that is created in the Menu Manager screen. The Menu Module allows you place all or part of the selected Menu at the desired position and on the desired web pages.

The wrapper module allows you to display an external website in a module. The functionality is the same to that of the 'iFrame Wrapper' you can add as a menu item. If the page to which the wrapper is linked is too big, bars will be shown below and to the right of the wrapper, allowing you to "navigate" the page.